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21. Nov 2025 / Science & Research
Alexander Schulze re-elected as dean. An interview

Congratulations on your re-election as dean of Friedensau Adventist University and God's blessings in this important office. You have been dean of the School of Theology since the winter semester 2021/22, for two terms. ...
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20. Nov 2025 / Science & Research
Between war and hope: Friedrich Christian Grieser

His name may not be familiar to everyone, yet he left a lasting impression on the lives of many people. Friedrich Christian Grieser—known to everyone as Christian—was born on November 16, 1887, in Oberohrn near Öhringen.
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20. Nov 2025 / Science & Research
When a pastor dies: The death of my father

My father died in September a year ago. He was 87 and in the final stages of cancer, which we had only learned about two months earlier. I started writing this text two days before his death—it was clear that it wouldn't be long. We couldn't have ...
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20. Nov 2025 / Science & Research
A formative experience: Project trip to Tanzania in 2025

In August/September, students, lecturers, and friends of the university traveled to Karao in Tanzania. These project trips have been taking place since 2010—and yet every year is unique and enriching for both sides in its own way. Perhaps this ...
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29. Aug 2025 / Science & Research
Prof. Pöhler meets world-renowned conductor and supporter of FAU

During a visit to the Swedish city of Gothenburg in August 2025, Prof. Rolf Pöhler took the opportunity to meet Prof. Herbert Blomstedt, a long-time supporter of Friedensau Adventist University and the Friends of Friedensau International Association,
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22. Jul 2025 / Science & Research
Book Presentation Prof. Dixon Chibanda

For the second time, we welcomed Prof. Dixon Chibanda, founder and CEO of the internationally operating non-governmental organization (NGO) “Friendship Bench” to the campus of Friedensau Adventist University in Friedensau/Saxony-Anhalt.
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08. Jul 2025 / Science & Research
Mourning for Prof. Dr Petra Jürgens

On 24 June 2025, the family, colleagues, fellow music therapists, members of the university and friends bid farewell to Petra Jürgens in a moving funeral service. A few statements are reproduced here:
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07. Jul 2025 / Science & Research
On the trail of a family

It all started with an enquiry. A simple request from a sister in a congregation asking if there were any surplus cassettes in the archive that I could give her for sleepless nights.
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07. Jul 2025 / Science & Research
“125 years of Friedensau. A chronicle” by Johannes Hartlapp

A comprehensive chronicle of Friedensau has been published and can now be ordered!
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02. Jul 2025 / Science & Research
Commons-and-commoning Writing Retreat

An international writing Retreat on the topic of "Commons and Commoning" took place at Friedensau Adventist University (FAU) from 2 to 6 June 2025.
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17. Apr 2025 / Science & Research
On the trail of hearing – Insight into music therapy

Listening has multiple meanings. For me, listening has been a professional tool for decades - both as a musician and music therapist and as a professor who teaches, researches and is constantly learning.
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16. Apr 2025 / Science & Research
80 years ago – 1945 the zero hour?

80 years ago – 1945 the zero hour in the Adventist Church in Germany? The end of the Second World War is perhaps the greatest turning point in German history of the 20th century. The signing of Germany's unconditional surrender in Reims ...
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